Gov. Robert Bentley has signed into law a bill to allow people with debilitating medical conditions to use cannabidiol, which is made from the same plant as marijuana. The bill, known as Leni’s Law, expands on a bill passed two years ago, known as Carly’s Law, that authorized a UAB study on using cannabidiol to…

The forecasts for legal U.S. cannabis sales are in the billions. But entrepreneurs in the weed trade, despite landing in hot markets like Colorado, face a bit of a reality check. That’s due, in part, to a lack of traditional financing tools like banking, and still growing stream of venture capital into the industry.…